A diplomatic incident appears to have been narrowly averted in Sligo. The Dealer hears that IFA presidential candidate Joe Brady was not impressed when he learned on the campaign trail in Yeats country that his rival “Coughlan” was due to address the county executive the following week.

News quickly spread back to Cavan that John Coughlan had locked down Sligo.

However, it appears to have been a case of mistaken identity.

Brady need not have worried, for it turns out that it is the ICBF CEO Sean Coughlan that is set to address the county executive on Wednesday 11 September.